Can China stop wasting food? Reform on menu after Xi Jinping dishes out scolding
- Legislative body considers measures following president’s lament over ‘shocking and distressing’ waste
- New law could regulate grain production and purchases as well as consumption
Zhang Guilong, an official with the Legislative Affairs Commission, under the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, China’s top legislative body, said the commission would formulate regulations on preventing food waste through various means.
“We would strengthen management of all aspects including grain production, purchase, storage, transport, processing and consumption,” Zhang was quoted as saying on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, China’s anti-corruption watchdog.
“Specifically, [we would] advocate a reasonable and healthy dining culture and establish a long-term mechanism to stop food waste,” he said.
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Zhang’s remarks came after Xi called on the country to stop wasting food, which he described as “shocking and distressing”.